EQUIPMENT FOR ROADSIDE MULCHING OPERATIONS

SEVERAL ASPECTS WERE COVERED IN THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES CONCERNED WITH ROADSIDE MULCHING EQUIPMENT. WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OF THE ILLINOIS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AS WELL AS MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACTORS, PROJECT PERSONNEL EVALUATED THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING STRAW-MULCHING EQUIPMENT. A FEED TABLE WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT TO PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY AND UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF THE STRAW MULCH. TO PROVIDE A MORE-UNIVERSAL MULCH MACHINE, AN ATTACHMENT FOR PROCESSING AND CONVEYING CORNCOBS WAS DEVELOPED. ADDITIONAL VERSATILITY WAS PROVIDED BY SIMPLIFYING THE CORNCOB PROCESSOR SO THAT OTHER UNBALED MULCH MATERIALS (SUCH AS SAWDUST, WOOD CHIPS, LEAF LITTER, AND COTTON SEED HULLS) COULD ALSO BE HANDLED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Series No 92, 15 PP, 21 FIG, 1 TAB, 15 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Illinois Agricultural Eng Exp Station

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• Authors:
  • Nave, W R
  • Butler, B J
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conveyors; Maintenance equipment; Mulching; Process control; Roadside; Straw
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219331
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1994 12:00AM